verboten

[ ver-boht-n; German fer-boht-n ]

adjective

1. forbidden, as by law; prohibited.

verboten

/ fɛrˈboːtən /

adjective

1. forbidden; prohibited

Word History and Origins

Origin of verboten¹

First recorded in 1910–15; from German: past participle of verbieten “to prohibit, forbid”; forbid

Example Sentences

The concept evolved during the darkest days of the pandemic when live performance was verboten.

From Washington Blade

The same thing has happened in food media, where thin cooks and chefs embrace fat and carbohydrates in ways that would have been verboten a decade or two ago.

From Eater

Relationships with customers are “pretty verboten, but I did come close one time.”

From The Daily Beast

Choke collars, shock collars, even the word no are all-but-verboten.

From Time

He shows us the hypocrisy where in some contexts these very words are socially acceptable and at other times they are verboten.

From The Daily Beast

For the right-wing base and its institutional supporters, concessions are verboten.

From The Daily Beast

Now, none of them spells out the verboten words anywhere that I can see.

From The Daily Beast

But Hasan grew a beard sometime after his arrest on Nov. 5, 2009, and in the U.S. military, beards are mostly verboten.

From The Daily Beast

In all that time, probably the only thing we have agreed upon is this: sleeping with patients is verboten.

From The Daily Beast

Else the earth will be ruled by the German bayonet and natural living will be verboten.

From Project Gutenberg

Opposite us the Aire was dammed to form a pool, alongside which was a sign, “Schwimmung verboten”.

From Project Gutenberg

It is verboten even to think of a white shirt until the Bosch hangs out the tail of his.

From Project Gutenberg

You will be quite safe in assuming that anything you yearn for just now ist strengstens polizeilich verboten.

From Project Gutenberg

It is verboten to employ a man until he is old and then to throw him out and give his place to a younger man.

From Project Gutenberg